Adjustable sink-bracket.



'w. BARNETT.

ADJUSTABLE SINK BRACKET, APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1. 1915. ii ENEWi-ID ov. 26, 1917.

1,2533%. Patented 12111.15, 1918'. I

WITNESSES ATTORNEY WILLIAM BARNETT, or ronrnaixin, OREGON.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1918;

Application filed September 7; 1916; Serial No. 118,880. Renewed November 26, 1917. Serial No. 204,133.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM BARNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable- Sink-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an adjustable sink bracket and the primary object is to provide a bracket adapted to be secured to the wall and provided with adjustable supporting arms which may be regulated for supporting various standard sizes of sinks.

Another object of the invention resides in theprovision of a bracket of this character having adjustable extension arms held 1 in place by the weight of the sink in adjusted position Without the use of screws or other fastening elements.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a bracket which may be converted into a shelf bracket for supporting shelves of various widths.- I

A further object of this invention is the provision of an adjustable sink bracket which consists of comparatively few parts and is simple in construction; but durable and well adapted to withstand the rough usage to which devices of this character are ordinarily subjected.

For a full description of the invention and the advantages and merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention, in which;

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the invention in applied position.

Fig. 2 is a top edge view.

Fig. 3 1s a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the bracket as it is used for supporting a shelf.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view.

Referring to the drawing, wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the stationary supporting arm 1 is formed from a strip of metal and has one end twisted and bent at right angles to provide the fastening flange 2 having apertures for receiving the fastening screws 3 which are driven into the wall A for supporting the stationary supporting arm 1.

The lower edge A of the supporting arm 1 is provided with a plurality of struck-out porjtions 5 forming stop lugs spacedapart at predetermined intervals. The free end of the supporting arm 1 is tapered towardits end and twisted to provide the retaining notch 6 and the terminal of the twisted portion is extended upwardly from the notch for providing a retaining finger 7 w An adjustable supporting arm 8 is formed from a strip of metal of the same material from which the stationary supporting arm 1 is formed, andits inner end is tapered and twisted in the same manner as the outer end of the supporting arm 1, thereby providing a notch 9 and a retaining finger 10. The op posite end of the adjustable arm 8 is bent to provide the stop arm 11. A pivot pin 12 is carried by the stationary supporting arm adjacent the free end thereof, and receives one end of a truss bar 13 twisted at its opposite end to provide the retaining flange 14 having openings for the reception of the fastening screws 15. which are driven into the wall A.

The stop lugs on the stationary supporting arm 1 are spaced apart at a pre-deten mined distance and are adapted to contact with the edge of the retaining finger 10 for preventing the adjustable supporting arm from moving on the stationary supporting arm when the sink B, shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, is in' position. The stop lugs are disposed at a distanceto accommodate the various sizes of sinks and it will be observed thatthe adjustable supporting arm may be raised out of the notch 6 and the notch 9 may be pulled out of engagement with the stationary supporting arm 1. It then may be moved forwardly and the retaining finger 1.0 placed in engagement with the edge of one of the other stop lugs 5. Thus the width of a sink of a larger size may be accommodated.

The flange 1 which extends around the edge of the standard sinks, rests upon the top edges of the stationary arm and the adjustable supporting arm thereby providing a convenient and efficient supporting bracket for the sink.

As shown by Fig. 4 of the drawing the same construction is employed for a shelf bracket. The only difference being the free end of the adjustable supporting arm 3' which is provided with the upturned stop bar 16 instead of the horizontally disposed member The shelf C is upon the stationary supporting arm and the adjustable supporting arm and the front edge of the shelf contacts with the member 16 thereby preventing the displacement pi arms having stop lugs formedcof struckout portions in the lower marginal edge of the arm, the corresponding arm I having means formed at its end for cooperating with the said struck-out portions to permit the longitudinaladjustment ofthe said'adjustable supporting arm" with respect to the stationary arm.

2. bracket of the character described comprising a stationary supporting arm and an adjustable supporting arm, the proximate ends of each of said arms being tapered and twisted to provide notches forthe reception of the corresponding arm, one of said arms having stop lugs formed of" strn'clpout portions in one edge ofa width greater than the width of the said notchin' the adjacent'arm.

3. bracket of the character described comprlsmg a stationary supporting arm and an adjustable supporting arm, the proxi-" mate ends of each of said arms being tapered and twisted toprovide notches for the reception of the corresponding arm, one

offsaid' arms havi'n stop lugs formed of struck-'outportions' lnone edge of a width (:oiflesof.Ithis patent gnayibe obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissieaer pt,reiterate, Tr 'WashingtonJLC."

greater thanthe width of the said notch in the adjacent arm, and retaining fingers formed at the terminal of each arm and extending upwardly from the adjacent notch. Abrack'et of the character described comprising a stationary supporting armand an adjustable supporting arm, the prom-- mate ends of each of said arms being tapered. and twisted to provide notches for the reception of the corresponding arm, one of, said arms having stoplugs formed, of struckout portions in one edgeof amwidthgreater than the width of the said notchin the adjacent arm, retaining fingers formed at the terminal of each arm and extending upwardly from the adjacent-notch, vthegterminal of the said stationary supporting arm being twisted and bent at right angles-to providea'retaining flange, and a stop arm formed on .the free end supporting arm. H

5; A bracket comprisinga pairof supporting arms,-one being stationary and the other adjustable, the'stationary arm having acrfastening flange .for disposing the arm edgewise, the lower edge of the arm having struck-out portions providing stop lugs disposed at equally spaced intervals, the ad justable supporting arm being tapered at one end and bent to provide a notch for receiving the said lower edge of the stationary: supporting. arm and terminat ng in a ;re-; taming finger embraclngthe said stationary;

arm, the said stationary supporting arm alsoibeing, tapered and provided with; a

notch at'its end andhaving its terminal bent to provide a retaining finger for embracing thesaid adjustable arm.

- 'lnfltestimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. r r

VVitnessesmv J H. NEWHALL, I jHTFiiPUPKE, :J'r]

of the adjustable ILLIAM BAR ETT. 

